Happy New Year & Welcome Back!
Happy new year and welcome back to all of our students and families! We hope that you have had a nice winter break and look forward to seeing you soon!
Please make sure to review the important dates and announcements below.
Important Dates
- 1/5 - Curriculum Night (6:15 pm, see updated announcement below)
- 1/19 - Partners for Safe Teen Driving (6:00 pm, see announcement below)
- 1/20 - End of 2nd Quarter (2-Hr. Early Release)
- 6/2 - Graduation (2:00 pm)
Useful Links/Information
FCHS Bell Schedule
Schoology
SIS ParentVUE
FCPS Return to School
FCPS Health & Safety Guidance Document
Important Health Reminders
As with any illness, please keep your child home from school if they are not feeling well.
Please make sure that your child has plenty of well-fitting masks, and remind your child to wash their hands frequently during the school day. Schools have plenty of soap and hand sanitizer available and additional masks should your child need them. If your child has not been vaccinated, please take advantage of the clinics across the region.
If your child is symptomatic and awaiting test results, please have your child/student stay home until they receive their results. We are aware that test results are taking longer than expected due to the holiday.
If your child has been in contact with someone who has tested positive but is asymptomatic, please stay home until you have received a negative test result.
Anyone who is asymptomatic and was not exposed to anyone with COVID but chose to take a COVID test, does not need to wait for test results to come to school.
As always, please follow the process outlined on the website should your child test positive. If your child tested positive for COVID during the holidays and has been cleared by a medical professional or the Health Department, you do not need to notify your school.
High School Athletics Spectators
No General Admission to High School Athletics through Friday January 14th
High School Athletics will continue with limited spectators. There will be no general admission to any sports contests through Friday, January 14th. Spectators will be limited to family members of both the home and visiting teams and select guests as determined by the Principal and Director of Student Activities.
Livestreaming of athletic events is available through the NFHS network. Sign up for a free account and watch Falls Church athletics by visiting https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/
Falls Church High School Curriculum Night - UPDATED
Our Curriculum Presentation and Fair will now be held virtually on Wednesday, January 5, 2022. Please see the updates to the announcement below.
January 5, 2022 at 6:15pm
We wanted to share with you that the first event to begin our academic advising timeline will be our curriculum night on January 5, 2022. The virtual event will be hosted by our Principal, Director of Student Services, Academy Administrator, and department representatives.
Who: Parents of 8th, 9th, 10th, & 11th graders
When: January 5, 2022, 6:15pm - 8:30pm
Where: Virtual Link to be shared prior on January 4, 2022. This event is not in-person. (Habrá interpretación al español)
What: Curriculum night is a presentation to families regarding course selection information, diploma requirements, Academy opportunities and curriculum information such as AP and honors levels.
Why: Your child will be selecting his/her/their courses for the next school year; this presentation offers information on making the best choices for a successful school year.
Questions can be directed to Jessica Grenfell. A similiar presentation will be shared with students during advisory on January 13th. However, we recommend if they are available they join you to watch the Curriculum presentation.
FCPS Laptop Activity Reports
FCPS has new tools to help parents and guardians know more about their child’s activity on any FCPS device. These tools are provided by Lightspeed, our internet content filtering service, at no cost to families.
You may sign up for a weekly Parent Report, which will provide a list of the top sites your child visited. If you want more detailed information, sign up for the Internet Use Parent portal and log-in anytime to see more detail about your child’s browsing and “pause” access to the internet during non-school hours.
Find out more and sign up for these services on our website.
Important - Submitting Free and Reduced-Price Meal Applications
School meals provide nourishment that allows students to excel in the classroom and to grow and thrive. This year, FCPS continues to offer no-cost meals to all students, thanks to a waiver granted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
While the meals are no cost for all, it is still important for families to submit the Free and Reduced-Price Meals (FRM) application because it impacts much more than meals.
FRM applications help link families to other benefits, such as waiving fees for SAT, ACT, and AP exams as well as other school fee-based programs. Qualifying students may also have access to scholarships, classes, or services provided by agencies and organizations outside FCPS. FRM applications also help determine additional education funding for your child’s school.
Winter break is a great time to complete the FRM application. Find out more on our website.
FCHS Spotlight Theatre News
Theatre supporters and parents of Theatre students,
We are so excited to be putting on MAMMA MIA January 27-29 at 7PM in Spratley Auditorium! We need help getting all of the work done for the show! If you have any volunteer hours you would be willing to give us, please fill out the sign up genius in the link below. The show is PG 13 for mature content.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040F4AAEA72EA4FA7-mamma
Our next drama booster meeting is January 13 at 6PM.
If you have any questions, please write Mrs. De Marco at eademarco@fcps.edu
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SAT Accommodations
Deadline January 4
Students with disabilities who have testing accommodations documented in a 504 Plan or an individualized education program (IEP) may be eligible for testing accommodations on the Advanced Placement (AP) exams. The College Board must approve a formal request for each student. Please note that testing accommodations listed on IEPs or 504s are not automatically granted by the College Board for AP testing, so families must apply separately to the College Board. If a student already has College Board accommodations approved from a previous PSAT/NMSQT, PSAT 10, SAT, or AP test, then no further action is needed. Once instated, accommodations remain in place for all College Board testing. Students who would like to apply to the College Board for testing accommodations must submit application forms to the school before January 4, 2022 to meet the College Board deadline.
Partners for Safe Teen Driving
The PSTD Meetings for FCHS are scheduled for the following dates. Please be sure to attend one meeting to fulfill your driver’s education requirement.
- January 19th 6:00m
- February 23rd 6:00pm
- May 11th 6:00pm
All of these meetings will be virtual and your 10th grade Health and PE teacher will provide details for signing up!
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